That makes absolutely no sense. That's the exact same thing. In MK and Injustice with the dial-a-combo system "hit confirm" is mostly used to describe the action of seeing/hearing that a string is hitting the opponent in order to determine if it is alright to throw out an unsafe special move to keep the combo going instead of getting it blocked and possibly being punished for it. There is just no way to "hit confirm" d1 in order to cancel it into a special move that is unsafe. And this a stirred up this discussion because UFG sounded like he is saying the opposite. Linguistically UFG was obviously right because throwing out d1 and then if it hits continuing with another string (which won't link or combo though) could be described as "hit confirming" in the literal sense but it is rarely used in that context as far as I'm aware.
thats so dumb lol
I agree with almost everything you've posted in this thread, but I wanted to point out that you don't necessarily have to play according to how he game is supposed to be played to win. Two examples in MK9 are MFSlayer I think who did crazy, random shit with Kung Lao and won a lot of matches against high level opponents and Chris G who never practiced, dashed around the screen like a maniac, and still managed to make multiple top 8's and even beat PL recently. Bottom line you can play at a competetive level and still win doing things "incorrectly" and still win. PR Rog is a good example in injustice as well
I wholeheartedly agree with this. Anyone under pressure can make mistakes and still win.
except chris g actually was strategic with his dashes.
Which is different from making people stay still by using d1 MB de because...? I'm just saying the tech, if it is true that it trades if the MB is used at the correct time, could be useful especially in a close out the round or game situation and will cause people to be more cautios in interrupting his strings. If a player can full combo punish this tech every time on reaction then they are godlike and made a good read but this tech isn't much different than Chris G dashing to condition his opponents or Kung Lao players spinning after f3 or Tele 3 to make their opponent sit and block
) has different opinions on this matter and refuse to change their views.
did you really compare a meterless 6f half screen dash with Oki setups and pressure that can be done anywhere anytime off of anything and is punishable to make the opponent respect and bait it to a Mb projectile? Wow.
No. I still use resets.
You mean did I just compare an unsafe pressure/mixup tool that does a limited amount of damage but forces the opponent to respect their other options and makes them feel the need to just block to something else acting in the exact same way? If so then yeah, I did.
That's what people are saying. I've gone over it repeatedly in this thread, but just for the record I think that's a load of crap. In a lot of mu's d1~d4 is the only thing Ares has that the opponent has to worry about, and by never committing to d1~d4 if there's a chance they'll block it you're giving them no reason to respect d1. Any mix ups or follow ups Ares does after d1 are far less intimidating to deal with
Saying Ares should never use his d1~d4 unless its a punish is like saying jax should never use f4
Well its because they can interrupt it everytime.
Why not block the d1 and then interrupt it?
when you read they're baiting d1~d4 thats when you make the read and go for his overhead or a throw. You have to let them know the that you are willing to pull the trigger on d1~d4 im not saying you should abuse it all the time but its definitely a big part of his game and something you have to make them respect.
